The Girl on a Motorcycle

Ratings & Reviews

Ratings & Reviews

Basically a 1960s version of Fifty Shades of Grey, set amidst some very pretty European countryside. The simple-minded main character was about as flimsy as her helmet's plastic face shield, and I found myself wishing she'd just crash already so we could all go on with our lives.

From the sublime to the ridiculous. From out-dated psychedelic effects to beautiful images. And the same fatal destiny as the free spirits in Easy Rider.
What was the moral of this film: that it's better to stay faithful to your dull husband? Or never forget your helmet in a German pub?

Godard said a film is 'a girl and a gun', but it turns out he was wrong: a film is a girl and a motorbike. Great 1968 film from Jack Cardiff that captures something of the zeitgeist in Europe, which Easy Rider did the following year in the USA.